Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:50 AM.Social media and extreme content. US joins the Christchurch Call, which aims to reduce violent and extremist content and Andrew also talks to Kathryn about Reporters without Borders issuing its 2021… Read more Audio

11:25 AM.Artists have long found inspiration in nature - and a new book has pulled together the work of some who have also helped to protect it. Creative Conservation: A celebration of New Zealand artists who… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:10 AM.Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson joins Kathryn to look at the success of New Zealand shoe company Allbirds, which has plans to list on the Nasdaq. she'll also look at what's troubling A2 milk… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Sonja de Friez reviews Aegean - Recipes from the Mountain to the Sea, by Marianna Leivaditaki, published by Hachette. Read more Audio

10:09 AM.Patricia Grace is one of this country's most celebrated writers. She has published seven novels and seven short-story collections, as well as a number of books for children and works of non-fiction… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.The ups and downs of Covid recovery in the US and Ron looks at the ongoing internal wars in both major political parties. Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.New Zealand's Covid-19 vaccine rollout officially begun on February 20, with the first jabs going to border and MIQ workers. How will the vaccination programme proceed over the next few months… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Neale, Ben and Kathryn talk about a new unit within the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to keep the Government on track to meeting priorities in key portfolios, including housing, child… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Nicole Masters has been passionate about nature and the land for as far back as she can remember. An independent agroecologist, she is the founder of Integrity Soils, which is a company specialising… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:50 AM.Vaccine inequality and patient waivers could see Africa go the way of India's pandemic crisis. Africa is in dire need of vaccines but they have been snapped up by wealthier countries. Debora also… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.The Law Commission is reviewing the law around who should get a person's property when they die. Historically New Zealanders tend to leave their wealth to their family, in particular a surviving… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The country's biggest power user Tiwai Point aluminium smelter has agreed to cut its electricity usage as the industry faces a developing power crisis. Below average rainfall is putting pressure on… Read more Audio

11:31 AM.Sam talks to Kathryn about the Super Rugby final, the Chiefs versus the Crusaders. And former NRL superstar Jarryd Hayne is jailed for sex offences. Read more Audio

11:06 AM.A self-confessed "Beatles-obsessed weirdo from Philadelphia", Todd Rundgren's greatest work was a 1972 double LP called Something/ Anything. Shameless fan-boy Grant Smithies plays a couple of key… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Adrian Hardingham from Unity Books reviews Slough House by Mick Herron, published by John Murray. Read more Audio

10:11 AM.The role play has in early childhood development and in particular, the prevention of behavioural and emotional difficulties is the focus of professor of play, Paul Ramchandan. He heads the Play in… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Moera talks to Kathryn about the increasingly worrying Covid situation in Fiji with the death of one of the latest cases. And Cook Island businesses are preparing for the NZ travel bubble with flights… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Stress, exhaustion and burn out is affecting one in two senior doctors according to a new survey from the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, and there has bee no improvement in the past five… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Auckland's dams are about to dip under half-way again, with dry skies forecast through to next week. They're a long way from the historical average for this time of year of 76 per cent and inching… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.Film and TV reviewer Chris Schulz joins Kathryn to talk about Life in Colour with David Attenborough (Netflix), James & Isey, a documentary by Florian Habicht (in cinemas) and new kids' movie The… Read more Audio